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A match interruption due to heavy rain? The national teams of Portgual and Slovenia certainly don't have to worry about that tonight. They will meet in the quarterfinals at Frankfurt's Deutsche Bank Park Stadium - and can rely on dry playing conditions. For the 2006 World Cup, gmp Architekten equipped the stadium with a roofing system, that is quicky adaptable to changing weather conditions. The folding roof is attached to a membrane in the middle of a cable structure. The material-saving principle of this "gather-up roof" was developed by schlaich bergermann partner. Rainwater is extracted using a compressed air process. Similar to a spoke-wheel, a steel element forms the outer compressive ring, the hub. Two tension rings are positioned at the inner roof edge and kept apart by struts. The connections between tension and compressive rings consist of radial cables, which together with six suspended ropes form the rope girders. Additional radial cables are positioned between the tension rings and the central knot. Located centrally above the pitch a multimedia cube is suspended from this central knot, which simultaneously houses the inner roof membrane. The cylindrical drum protects the folded-up membrane and opens and closes like a blossom, when the roof is extended. In light of this, nobody will be left out in the rain tonight if another spectacular weather situation occurs! For more information on the project, visit https://lnkd.in/eT5hAMt7   Photos: © Heiner Leiska Gif: © gmp #gmp #gmpArchitects #gmpNews #Sportarchitektur #Sportbauten #SportArchitecture #EURO2024 #Frankfurt #Portugal #Slovenia 

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Alfredo Falcone

Senior Architectural Designer at Adamson Associates Architects

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I hope it rains for tonight’s game!…..Great article. I’m familiar with this stadium but as I read more of the article I had to keep changing the reaction from ‘like’ to ‘insightful’ to ‘love’. Thanks for sharing!

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Architekt Prof. Dipl. Ing. Leonhard W.

Wrchitekts' Founding Principal | Master of Architecture, Project Coordination Expert

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Great news!

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